‘black-ish’ Creator and Actor Again Walk on a Political Tightrope

As Kenya Barris, the creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” and Anthony Anderson, that sitcom’s star, watched the 2016 presidential election results at their homes, they exchanged texts of increasing bafflement throughout the evening. “Then I woke up the next morning and said, I have to write about this,” Mr. Barris said. “I have something I want to say.”

The result was Wednesday’s episode, “Lemons,” in…